- Title: 'To know O'Shae is to love O'Shae' - funeral for slain dancer in Philadelphia
- Date: 8th August 2023
- Summary: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 8, 2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS MOURNING O'SHAE SIBLEY AT A CELEBRATION OF LIFE CEREMONY INSIDE THE MET PHILADELPHIA VARIOUS OF CELEBRATION OF LIFE CEREMONY
- Embargoed: 22nd August 2023 18:49
- Keywords: LGBT O'Shae Sibley dancer funeral gas station hate crime
- Location: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES
- City: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime,North America
- Reuters ID: LVA001314108082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Funeral services for dancer O'Shae Sibley were held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday (August 8). Mourners cried inside The Met Philadelphia, where a viewing and a celebration of life ceremony for Sibley took place.
Sibley was stabbed to death outside of a Brooklyn gas station in New York City on July 29.
A 17-year-old male was charged with murder as a hate crime in the stabbing death of Sibley, who was dancing at a gas station when confronted by a group hurling anti-gay and anti-Black slurs, according to police.
The death of Sibley, a 28-year-old professional dancer who was dancing to a Beyonce song when confronted by the suspect, outraged the LGBT community.
Sibley was dancing with friends while refueling their car when they were approached by a group of males who demanded they stop dancing and made homophobic and anti-Black statements.
Police said the suspect, who was not named, is a Brooklyn resident who surrendered to police on Friday.
He was charged with murder as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon.
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